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OK sorry if I am in the wrong place for this I am new here it is my first day, so hello to everyone. So to get on with my question/concern I will try to explain everything the best that I can. If there is any info needed that I may have left out please let me know, and sorry this may be kind of long. Thank you very much.

OK so I am on a PC running Windows Vista Home I am connected to wireless internet from another computer that has the router/modem, OK the internet works fine on everything else and even on my PC, But after so long (time differs) my PC will just stop being able to use Firefox or other browsers. Now I go to the network sharing center on the PC and it is still connected to the internet and at the bottom right hand corner of the screen it shows the globe there saying that the internet is fine. I am just unable to use Firefox or IE it just comes to a screen that says unable to connect? It does it for any website I try. Well I restart my computer and the web browser is working again no problem, but only for an hour or two sometimes less then once again I have to restart it for it to work again! During this whole time it says I am connected and the ping is great but just cant figure out why this happens? It is only my PC all others in the house works with no problems? Can anyone please help me or relate to this problem?

ALSO Sometimes when I type in the address bar (www.aol.com) OR (www.Ebay.com) it will take me to (www.ask.com)?? some search engine tool bar thing? I try to refresh and it just sits on that page. So I type in AOL or Ebay again and well it works fine but I am not sure why all this is happening? Maybe possible malware?

OK so what I have done was the actions you said to take in a thread by making sure I had the latest versions of java and adobe. OK so I downloaded all of the new java and adobe and also all my PC updates are up to date. So I now downloaded Hijackthis and performed the process and I will post in the next thread its log that I was given.

Thanks so very much in advance this is greatly appreciated, and one other thing, I was going to try and reinstall Windows vista all over again but I cant seem to find the discs!

48 HOUR BUMB and to also add I have installed a free anti virus program that was recommended by this site its name was "Avira AntiVir" Which when I did the scan it had 2 detections of possible malware which was quarantined and removed sorry but I removed them without keeping track of what it said they were! But other then that all problems listed above still persist! Any help would be great thanks!!

Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.

If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Quick Scan", then click Scan.

The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.

When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.

When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart. (See Note)

The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.

Note:If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts.Click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process.If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediately.

Also the malware bytes program had deleted "hi jack this" I cant seem to find it now I was going to post another hi jack this log file also now that all this has been done! Should I re download that or is this MBAM log enough info? And again thank you so much for helping it means allot to me!

1. If you are using Firefox, make sure that your download settings are as follows:

* Tools->Options->Main tab * Set to "Always ask me where to Save the files".

2. During the download, rename Combofix to Combo-Fix as follows:

3. It is important you rename Combofix during the download, but not after.4. Please do not rename Combofix to other names, but only to the one indicated.5. Close any open browsers.6. Close/disable all anti virus and anti malware programs so they do not interfere with the running of ComboFix.